Role of camel milk in pastoral livelihoods in Kenya: contribution to household diet and income

Pastoralism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Elhadi, Yazan Ahmed ^a   Nyariki, Dickson M ^a,b   Wasonga, Oliver V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b SOUTH EASTERN KENYA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Food basket; Isiolo County; Pastoral production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975270958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20417136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13570-015-0028-7     Document Type: Article

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